Herrod leaves a lasting legacy
Brandon Herrod is one of my favorite players of all time. The 20-year-old dealt on New Year's Eve to Kamloops never took a shift off in his four-and-a-half-seasons in a Raider uniform.
The Meadow Lake product surprised everyone as a 14 year old winning the fitness testing in his first Raider training camp and impressed on the ice.
He played a major role in the Mintos second straight national championship that season. Herrod was a third round bantam pick and according to Mintos head Coach Tim Leonard, Brandon out performed first rounders playing in the Sasaktchewan Midget AAA league that year.
Three-hundred-and- fourteen games later Herrod was dealt to the Western conference contending Kamloops Blazers for promising 17-year-old forward Logan McVeigh and a second round draft choice this spring.